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In Xcas mode, Det is simply the inert form of
det; namely, it gives the determinant of a matrix without
evaluating it. (See Section 15.1.4.)
In Maple mode, the Det command
can additionally be used in conjunction with mod to
find the determinant of a matrix whose elements are in
ℤ/pℤ.
- 
In Maple mode, Det takes
A, a matrix with elements in ℤ/pℤ.
- Det(A) returns the determinant of A.
Example
Input in Xcas mode:
| Det([[1,2,9] mod 13,[3,10,0] mod 13,[3,11,1] mod 13]) | 
|  | | | det | ⎛ ⎜
 ⎜
 ⎜
 ⎜
 ⎜
 ⎝
 |  | | ⎡ ⎢
 ⎢
 ⎢
 ⎢
 ⎢
 ⎣
 | | 1%13 | 2%13 |  |  | 3%13 |  | 0%13 |  | 3%13 |  | 1%13 | 
 | ⎤ ⎥
 ⎥
 ⎥
 ⎥
 ⎥
 ⎦
 | 
 |  | ⎞ ⎟
 ⎟
 ⎟
 ⎟
 ⎟
 ⎠
 | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 | 
To find the value of the determinant, enter:
Hence, in ℤ/13ℤ, the determinant of
A=[[1, 2, 9],[3,10,0],[3,11,1]] is 5%13 (in ℤ, det(A)=31).
Input in Maple mode:
| Det([[1,2,9],[3,10,0],[3,11,1]]) mod 13 | 
 
 
